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Robert Muggah's book, Terra Incognita, received a positive review in The Lancet.
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From abroad, she’s urging lawmakers and the country’s Supreme Court to strike down the measures.
Bolsonaro’s administration is largely responsible for all of this chaos, which has killed 270,000 Br...
Ilona Szabó de Carvalho points out that while violent crime declined in the city, it increased in the...
Latin America and the Caribbean are suffering from the twin epidemics of COVID-19 and organized crime...
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Even with deaths at all-time highs, Bolsonaro continues to undermine efforts to address the pandemic
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Brazil is in critical condition. Latin America's largest country is experiencing record-breaking death...
Robert Muggah contributed to the annual Global Risks Report.
Jair Bolsonaro’s latest efforts to make guns more easily available to Brazilians have sparked anger and...
It’s no surprise that a president whose campaign symbol was making a gun gesture with his hands would...
The COVID-19 pandemic is generating monumental challenges for most governments, corporations and societies,...
It was once fashionable to describe Brazil as the country of the future.
One of the many injustices of climate change is it hits the world’s poorest countries hardest
Instituto Igarapé preparou o boletim “Avaliando as relações entre as mudanças climáticas e a segurança...
When Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly downplayed the threat of COVID-19, Brazilians were...
We’re pleased to announce the shortlist for the Think Tank Awards 2020.
Globalization is the most progressive force in the history of humankind.
Is it possible for societies to reduce crime without creating or exacerbating adversarial relationships...
Late last year, Colombia’s federal police arrested Diego Optra, a crime boss who heads a ruthless gang...
The global green transition will accelerate – and not a moment too soon.
At least one foreign leader still believes outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s desperate claims that...
The COVID-19 pandemic could give rise to positive innovations in cities and a radical intolerance of...
All during 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic swept around the world, another novel virus with devastating...
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While the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging around the globe, we will continue to experience unprecedented...
Discrimination and violence against Brazil's LGBTQ communities are widespread, yet often underreport...
Ilona Szabó is competing for the Think Tanker of the Year prize
Louise Marie Hurel contributed with a chapter on cyber-security governance in Brazil.
At 8:45 pm, five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale establishment in Dhaka, the capital...
Digital misinformation not only threatens Brazil’s 2020 municipal elections, it undermines democracy
Many Brazilians were worried by the torrent of disinformation on social networks during this year’s bitterly...
Cities are the crucible of our civilisations
Central Asia was long a digital backwater
Brazilians are preparing nervously for their own municipal elections on November 15
This is the startling observation made by authors Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah in the introduction to...
Maps are not just informative, they are empowering. They can help provide a new perspective to age-old...
Around the world, responses to the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are understandably...
At the sharp end of the wedge, cross-boundary bodies like the Igarapé Institute, with the cooperation...
The COVID-19 pandemic is a profoundly urban crisis. The vast majority of the millions of reported cases...
This article is part of a series in which leading experts reflect on emerging trends for cities seeking...
One of the first countries to register a Covid-19 outbreak, South Korea, flattened the curve in stunning...
JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, is turning to blockchain to ensure the traceability of the tens...
At the United Nations, the world’s longest Zoom meeting is underway as presidents and prime ministers...
The world's longest Zoom call is underway at the United Nations General Assembly today.
The digital economy has finally arrived.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest,...
Even before the tumultuous arrival of COVID-19, many parts of the world were suffering from dangerous...
Around the world, COVID-19 is accelerating polarization and division.
We can give people a better sense of what's happening around them at a time of extreme confusion and...
Robert Muggah (apparently an old Scottish name, though he is Canadian) has set up two think-tanks in...
Recent political developments in the United States are threatening internet freedom and cybersecurity...
Related concern about state brutality also propels two expert advocates up the list: Ilona Szabó de Carvalho...